GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |